Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and his poetry

Bio
-born in Portland, Maine on February 27, 1807
-was the second son of eight children
-graduated from Bowdoin college
-took a position at Harvard in 1836
-married Frances Appleton and had 6 children
-died on March 24, 1882
-considered one of the "Fireside Poets"

Style
-lyrical poetry
-hexameter
-usually uses conventional form
-utilizes anapestic and trochaic forms
-blank verse, heroic couplets, ballads and sonnets
-frequent use of allegory

Importnat Historical Events
- the Civil War

Important Poems
-Aftermath
-Ballads and other Poems
-Christus: A Mystery
-Evangeline
-Flower-de-luce
-Household Poems

Other Info
-he quit teaching at Harvard to devote all his time to poetry
-24 companies in London alone published his work